Nearly 100,000 Children Test Positive for Coronavirus in Two Weeks

Route Fifty: More than 97,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a 40% increase in the number of children who have been reported to have the virus.

The findings are from a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which comes as some school districts across the country welcome back thousands of children for in-person learning, worrying public health officials who say that school reopenings could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases among students, staff, and families.

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